This course introduces students to a spatial perspective on the provision of goods and services in societies. By establishing a historical sense of the rise of capitalism in the modern era and the attendant new notions of ‘economy’ which accompanied this transformation, the causes and consequences of economic interaction will be considered across the local, national, and global levels. Looking at the transnational corporation, commodity chains, labour migration and other such topics will help students to interpret theoretical ideas in the context of real-world case studies.
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